Paul K. Wilde
Senior Maintenance Engineering/Reliability/Quality Assurance Consultant
PK Wilde Associates, Inc. Las Vegas NV
Profile
Experienced Multi-disciplined engineer and maintenance reliability/quality professional manager, staff motivator, and mentor with over 30 years of experience managing various operations and performing specialized roles across a diverse range of industries: utilities/energy, automotive, manufacturing, engineering/technical, telecommunication and pharmaceutical. Background in information and industrial technology emphasizing: maintenance/reliability/Quality performance improvement, product development/testing/analysis, and operational improvement. Highly respected consultant and engineer known for consistently exceeding expectations across the board. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, MAXIMO, MOSS, Passport, RCM applications and Kepner Tregoe .
RCM/Quality Assurance Experience – Summary
• Received an NMPC award for the development of an Operations/Maintenance QA surveillance program.
• Provided assessment, mentored and redesigned of maintenance program for the restart action of a PWR nuclear power plant.
• Saved millions of dollars by preventing repeat failures due to application of root cause technology.
• Engineered PM program for Reactor Safety Shutdown Systems as system engineer.
• Provided oversight, review and approval of startup test results of Nuclear Power Plant (BWR).
• Participated in the development of a QA operational program for Nuclear Power Plant
• Developed Corrective Action Trend and analysis program for Corrective action process including LERs, Corrective Maintenance and LOCs.
• Administered the Corrective Action Program
• Accomplished independent 3rd party Design verification Audit for certification of Nuclear Power plant for Operations
• New Construction Quality Inspection-IEEE-336, ANSI standards, 10CFR 50 Appendix B
Construction Oversight and inspection, Vendor supplier certification Audits, Material Receipt inspection, ASME standards, Inspection Planning, ASME NQA-1
• Development and Implementation of RCM for Total Asset Management program at a major pharmaceutical company additionally insuring compliance to PSM.
• Participated in the Design review and development of PM program for a major sanitation district 40,000 GPM pump station
• Accomplished PM Optimization program for a major waste management authority saving $18 Million in Life Cycle cost
• Participated in the development of a predictive/preventive maintenance program for a major transmission and distribution system (500, 220, and 115 KVA equipment).
• Energy Crisis Investigation for the state of California
Related Expertise:
Data architecture and analysis, Quality Inspection, Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering and Testing, Reliability-Centered Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, Equipment Failure Analysis, Critical-Path Planning, Failure Mode-Effect Analysis, Project Management, Troubleshooting, FMEA / FMECA, Pdm, Condition Based Maintenance, Maintenance Best Practice ( INPO), Asset Management, Corrective Action program design and implementation, Procedure Writing, Mentoring/Coaching, Outage Planning, Problem Solving, Training, Assessments, Task Analysis, Inventory Control, Human Performance Enhancement System (INPO), FSAR, 10CFR- part 50 Appendix B, Maintenance Rule
Education & Professional Certifications
Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude, Syracuse University 1972 (3.8 GPA)
Certified in Industrial Instrumentation, Oklahoma State University (three-year program), Accomplished in two years
Certified in Industrial Electronics, Oklahoma State University (three-year program), Accomplished in two years
Electrical and Missile Electrical School, U.S. Air Force (Honorable Discharge)
Root Cause: Certification: Kepner Trego process consultant, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp,
Performance Improvement International Equipment failure and root cause training,
INPO Human Performance Enhancement System,
RCM Training Two Year understudy of Mac Smith RCM consultant
RCM Facilitators Course by New Dimension Solutions
RCM Practitioners Course by Aladon
EPRI NDE Center
• Visual Examination Technology 101
• Visual Examination Technology 102
• Advanced Machinery Vibration Diagnostic course
Gilbert/Commonwealth engineers and consultants
• Gilbert/Commonwealth Auditor Training Course
American Society for Quality Control
• Operations Quality Assurance Training Course
ANSI certified level II Electrical Inspector
JBF Associates root cause training
Performance Improvement International root cause analysis training Failure prevention Inc.
Project Experience – Detail
Customer: Vatic Associates/ Medical Area Total Energy Plant / Salem Nuclear Power Plant Duration: 4 Months (03/01/2008 – 06/28/2008) Industry: Fossil Power Plant and Nuclear Power Plant Project Description: Technical Audit of Plant Role: CMMS data Analysis Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Provide audit with assessment of system and equipment performance via CMMS data.
Customer: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Duration: 7 Months (04/01/2007 – 12/20/2007)
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Project Description: Development / implementation of Wyeth Maintenance for Excellence program
Role: RCM Facilitator/ Coach/ Mentor
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Maintenance plans developed utilizing RCMII, Vendor requirements and local expertise. Review and extraction and processing of OEM Maintenance requirement, Equipment failure analysis, help prepare Maintenance organization for FDA process certification and configuration for SAP implementation. Program was developed to conform to Product Safety Management (PSM) requirements.
Customer: United States Air force (USAF) Tinker AFB
Duration: 3 Weeks (2/21/07 – 3/09/07)
Industry: Military
Project Description: Facilitation of RCM Analysis of B-2 Bomber Auxiliary Starter System
Role: RCM Facilitator
Responsibilities/Deliverables: Development of Maintenance Plan utilizing RCMII process. Effort determined some 28 functions, 34 Function failures and 120 Failure modes on which, to base maintenance activity.
Customer: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Duration: 7 months (11/2004 – 10/2006)
Industry: Waste Management
Project Description: To provide RCM Facilitator mentoring and coaching for analysis of the Gas Digesters, South Pump electrical distribution system and Gas Compressor system. The Preventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO) project was to review the current preventive maintenance tasks listed in Maximo, to identify and make appropriate recommendations to streamline the Plant PM program.
Role: Maintenance engineering consultant
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Analysis completed, recommending a total cost saving of $618,155 savings per year. Over the expected 30 year life of the plant the recommend cost saving would be approximately $18,000,000+ dollars. This cost savings is premised on the incorporation of some 1096 job plans recommended for revision. The 1096 Job Plan recommended revisions would result in reducing work orders issued per year by some 9262 with a reduction in man-hours of approximately 17,680.
Customer: Las Vegas Valley Water District
Duration: 4 Months (2/2006 – 4/2006)
Industry: Potable Water Distribution
Project Description: New Design Review to determine Life Cycle comparison of Horizontal pumps compared to vertical pump System.
Role: Failure analysis
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Analyze failure data and operation history and determine reliability growth for Life Cycle cost modeling. Project provided the basis for pump house project specification as well as determined the lowest life cycle cost pump station to build.
Customer: Orange County Sanitation District
Duration: 4 Months (4/2005 – 8/2005)
Industry: Waste Management
Project Description: Perform RCM analysis on new Design
Role: Maintenance Engineering Consultant
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
To gather information and compile operating contexts and conduct RCM analyses on all identified equipment identifying appropriate Maintenance Strategy,
Additionally, collect and provide information for design review to enable modeling of the proposed systems and conduct analysis on critical spares
Customer: G&K Services
Duration: 7 months (02/2004 - 09/2004)
Industry: Industrial Laundry
Project Description: Provide Corrective and Preventive Maintenance
Role: Maintenance Engineer
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Perform corrective and preventive maintenance on equipment and other duties as determined by management. The position involved troubleshooting equipment failures. Implementing, corrective action and reorganizing inventory and acquiring appropriate spares
Customer: California Public Service Commission
Duration: 12 months (02/2001 - 03/2002)
Industry: Energy
Project Description: Investigation of the Energy Crisis
Role: Engineering Consultant/ Investigator
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
A lead investigator, Sub-contracted with Vatic Associates, for the State of California public service commission for the energy crisis investigation. Planned and coordinated investigation activities. Reviewed marketing data and forced outage data to determine if market manipulation had occurred. Information was supplied to the public service commission and attorney general’s office with a protective order not to disclose information regarding the investigation.
Customer: Performance Improvement International
Duration: 22 months (04/1999 - 02/2001)
Industry: Energy
Project Description: Maintenance Engineer Consultant / Root Cause Failure Analyst
Role: Director/ consulting engineer
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Mentored and coached the development of a full-scope maintenance program for DC Cook Nuclear Power Plant for qualification for restart. (PWR) Major investigative analyses included: Arkansas Nuclear Power Plant decay heat removal pump common mode failure, Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant diesel engine failure, SCE 500Kva Transformer failure and Substation fire. Mentoring, coaching and training in Failure Modes and Effects and root cause analysis techniques.
Customer: Tekron services Contract Engineering (Fluor Daniel)
Duration: 12 months (6/1999 – 6/2000)
Industry: (Primary) Pharmaceutical (Eli Lilly)
Project Description: Development and Implementation of Asset Management program
Role: Contract Engineer / Reliability Engineering consultant
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Perform GAP analysis, assessed, developed, and implemented reliability and maintenance programs for various industrial processes. Re-engineered a total maintenance program at a major pharmaceutical company; this involved total asset recovery, throughput analysis and defining program needs in addition to coaching and mentoring Reliability Centered Maintenance and root cause investigation techniques to various Line personnel. Further activities included need to define OSHA and PSM requirements and include them in the program as well as defining Criticality. Designed and mentored the implementation of the Maintenance KPIs and the Continuous Improvement Program. Mentored and Coached Maintenance engineers in FMEA and FMECA
Customer: Aerotek Inc. Contract Eng. (Kodak)
Duration: 14 months (12/1996 - 02/1998)
Industry: Imaging
Project Description: Design Certification Testing for new high speed Copy machine
Role: Contract Engineer (Senior Quality Engineer)
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Served as senior quality engineer for a contract with Kodak Corporation to plan and implement new product testing and certification. Developed and implemented the product growth test plan and supervised testing activity. Conducted collection, analysis, and reporting of data. Developed and implemented root cause and corrective action system. The new product exceeded reliability requirements and product launch surpassed expectations.
Customer: The Atlantic Group, Inc. (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp)
Duration: 3 months (09/1996 – 11/1996)
Industry: Energy
Project Description: Refuel Outage (Nine Mile Point 2 Nuclear Power Station) (BWR)
Role: Contract Engineer (Maintenance Shop Supervisor)
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Supervised mechanical maintenance shop (90+ personnel). Provided supervision of personnel involving: planning, work control, scheduling, work package review, task monitoring/completion, and contractor supervision for system such as 13.8 KVA, reactor re-circulation, heater drain pumps, service water, and circulating water. All activities were completed on schedule, including special assignments, providing contractor interface and oversight for reactor heater drain pump rebuild and motor inspection.
Customer: ACIS Inc
Duration 19 months (05/1994 - 12/1995)
Industry Telecommunications
Project Description: Install and implement hardware for establishment of Network
Role: Vice Present of Operations
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Planned schedules and coordinated all network equipment installations and structural modifications with responsibility for network equipment procurement, installation, start-up, and maintenance of network. Administrated work activities providing for traffic analysis and trouble resolution. Network was taken from 0 call minutes to 200,000 Call minutes per day.
Company: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point Unit 2)
Duration: 11 Years 7 months (09/1982 - 04/1994)
Project Description: Provide Engineering assistance to operation of a Nuclear Power plant
Role: System Engineer/RCM Analyst/Quality Assurance Supervisor (BWR)
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Managed the feed water system, aux-boilers, reactor re-circulation system, and provided backup assistance on service water, waste water, chemical treatment, and fuel oil systems. Also positions including senior electrical engineer, reliability centered maintenance (RCM) analyst, senior electrical projects engineer, independent safety engineer, and quality assurance supervisor. As a member of the independent safety engineering department conducted equipment failure analysis, failure investigations and contractor oversight.
• Awarded the NMPC 1990 Exception Service Award for failure investigation services.
• Supervisor for external and internal operating experience.
• Supervisor for Corrective action program.
• Lead supervisor for Startup and test results review and approval
Sr. Electrical Projects Engineer: Worked as a member of the Independent Safety Engineering Department conducting equipment failure analysis and performing failure investigation and oversight of contractors, modification personnel. Additionally, responsible for:
• Assuring compliance to technical specifications and engineering direction
• Completing one hundred failure evaluations which defined the appropriate preventive action
• Assuring design configuration
• Review of FSAR and Technical Specification / safety evaluations
Operation Experience / Quality Assurance Supervisor: Lead twelve engineers towards improvements in performance, reliability and safety by evaluating internal and external operating experience.
• Performed independent third party technical design audit/ Equipment Qualification (EQ)
• Received NMPC innovation award for development of operation QA surveillance program
• Facilitate 100s of root cause investigations
• Developed and implemented root cause/ corrective action trend analysis system
• review and reporting on Licensee event
• Preformed many Audits internal and external
New Construction Nuclear Power Plant
Company: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point Unit 2)
Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts 1981-1982
Lead Level II Inspector (electrical IEEE-336)- Lead inspector for raceway, cable, supports and permanent plant equipment for nuclear power generation plant.
Inspection Planning, Receipt Inspection, Vendor/Supplier Audits and certification,
L.K. Comstock and Co Inc., LyComing, New York 1979-1981
Material engineer- material and vendor equipment: take-off, estimating, purchasing expediting, receiving, quality control, inventory, storage, scheduling of work and supervision of 10 electricians.
General Information
Citizenship: United States
Languages: Written & Spoken English
Paul K Wilde experience involving professional training and experience in formal facilitation of equipment failure analysis includes the following:
Training:
• Reliability Centered Maintenance:
RCM ll Practitioner training by Aladon
RCM training by Mack Smith
• Root Cause:
Process Consultant training by Kepner Trego
Place: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
Provided many group Facilitations for problem solving and root cause investigations
Interactive System Management training.
Place: George Mason University. Joint project Niagara Mohawk to improve Root Cause
Techniques.
• Gap analysis: AS-IS comparison to should-be. Facilitation of Engineering groups for best design Maintenance Engineering process.
Place: Fluor Daniels for major Pharmaceutical Company RCM Project
• Human Performance Enhancement System training
Place: Atlanta Georgia by INPO of the Nuclear power industry
• Other relevant training:
o Event and Causal factor charting
o Barrier analysis
o Evidence matrix development for legal review (proof up/proof down)
o Failure Modes and Effects analysis.
o Familiarization with INPO Guide Lines including AP-913 Process (Equipment Reliability Process Description) , various Nu-Regs, and 10 CFR requirements, ANSI 45-2 series and NQA-1
SPECIALIZED TRAINING:
Technical: Industrial Electronics, Industrial Instrumentation, Data analysis, advanced investigation failure analysis, Advanced Machinery Vibration analysis, Database development, Equipment Test and Inspection Plan development, and Reliability Centered Maintenance program design and implementation.
List of some other major failure investigation Paul was the lead analyst and facilitator for:
• Boiler feed pump high vibration, then failure.
• Mechanical anti-rotating device repeat failure.
• Decay heat pumps common mode failure.
• Chillers intermittent failure.
• Diesel engine after overhaul failure.
• Lost megawatt cause.
• Generator bearing failure.
• Pump seal failure.
• Cooling tower fan failure.
• Turbine building fan failure.
• Adverse trend in turbine pump performance.
• Electric motor winding failure after shop repair.
• 500 kva transformer failure and substation fire.
• California energy crisis investigation.
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